Holocaust Drama : The Theater of Atrocity
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| Title: | Holocaust Drama : The Theater of Atrocity |
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| Description: | The Holocaust - the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other'threats'to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 - has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theatre of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analyses of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts. |
| Authors: | Gene A. Plunka |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Jews in literature, Memory in literature, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects, Atrocities in literature, Drama--20th century--History and criticism, Theater--History--20th century, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The Holocaust - the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other'threats'to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 - has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theatre of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analyses of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts. |
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| ISBN: | 9780521494250 9780511517976 |
